Design Tips   Get quick advice on creating plastic, metal, and elastomeric parts for 3D printing, CNC machining, and injection molding. Designing with manufacturability in mind can accelerate production time and reduce production costs.   Adding Strength Insert Molding Multi-Cavity Molds Bosses Knit Lines Multipart Assemblies Cams and Side-Actions Lenses Overmolding Channels Leveraging Low-Volume Molding Parting Lines Clips Living Hinges Radii Complex Parts LSR Molding Reducing Molding Costs Core and Cavity Mating Parts Ribs Cosmetic Defects Metal Safe Molds Shut-offs Designing for Moldability Mistakes to Avoid When Designing Molded Parts Side-Actions Draft Mold Modifications Surface Finish Ejector Pins Mold Textures Text Gates Molded Threads Undercuts: Fundamentals   Wall Thickness Undercuts: Complexities   Undercuts Tips Benefit To have a slot on undercut features 1.simplify mold structure 2.reduceing cost 3.durable     Draft VERTICAL FACES 0.5° MOST SITUATIONS 2° MINIMUM FOR SHUT OFF 3° MINIMUM FOR LIGHT TEXTURE (PM-T1) 3° MINIMUM FOR LIGHT TEXTURE (PM-T2) 5°+   Wall Thickness MATERIAL RECOMMENDED WALL THICKNESS ABS 1.143mm - 3.556mm Nylon 0.762mm - 2.921mm PC 1.016mm - 3.81mm PE 0.762mm - 5.08mm PP 0.635mm - 3.81mm PS 0.889mm - 3.81mm     Overmolding Material Bonding   Chemical bonding between overmolded materials is possible, but material compatibility should be considered in order to achieve desired bond strength. Incorporation of an adequate mechanical bond is strongly recommended if bonding is critical to your application. An undercut is a good example of a mechanical bond   Substrate Material Overmold Material ABS Lustran ABS/PC CYCOLOY C2950-111 PC Lexan940-701 PBT Valox357-1001 PP Profax 6323 TPU - Texin983-000000 C C C C M TPV - Santoprene101-87 M M M M C TPC - Hytrel 3078 C C C C M TPE-Versaflex OM1060X-1 C C C M M ( M = mechanical bond (recommended)      C = chemical bond )  

Manufacturing Materials   Injection Molding Materials   We have wide selection of more than 100 thermoplastic and thermoset materials. And if you're looking for alternative material options, check out our guide to resin substitutes for ABS, PC, PP, and other commonly molded plastics. ABS PEEK PEI PP POM PETG PC PPSU PPA HDPE PC+ABS PPE PA66 LDPE PS PMMA PBT TPU/TPE     What material we can produce by CNC Milling & CNC Turning Processes   Metals                                                                Plastics   Aluminum ABS Stainless Steel ABS+PC Copper PMMA Brass PA66/PA12 Steel Alloy POM Titanium PP Steel Mild Low Carbon PVC.......etc.     Available 3D Printing Materials   Metals Plastics Elastomers Aluminum ABS Digital Cobalt Chrome PA (Nylon) photopolymer Copper Polycarbonate TPU Inconel Polypropylene True Silicone Stainless Steel   Customer Titanium    

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  DFM Report   Design for Manufacturability Get quick advice on creating plasticinjection molding. Designing with manufacturability in mind can accelerate production time and reduce production costs   Design for Manufacturing (DFM) AnalysisWhen requesting a quote through our online quoting system, you will receive manufacturing analysis and pricing. The first step in the digital manufacturing process can enable customers to test multiple designs simultaneously, thereby arriving to design validation sooner, which saves time in the development cycle.How our manufacturing analysis can improve quality of injection-molded parts:    Identifies thick walls    Identifies features with insufficient draft    Mold flow analysis    Select gate location    Select ejector pin location